Wire-fence device.



No. 630,653. Patented Aug. 8, |899. C. A. BURNHAM.

WIRE FENCE DEVICE.

(Application filed Apr. 21, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CORNELIUS A. BURNHAM, OF HOLLY, MICHIGAN.

WIRE-FENQE DEVICE..

srEcI'rIcAT'IoN forming part or Letters Patent No. 630,653, dated August s, 1899.

Application filed April 2l, 1399.

To all whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, CORNELIUS A. BURN- HAM, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Holly, Oakland county, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire-Fence Machines; and my preferred manner of carrying out the invention is set forth in the following full, clear, and exact description, terminating with claims particularly specifying the novelty.

This invention relates to the art of wire- Workin g, and more especially to the act thereunder known asjoining; and the object of the same is to produce a device'for applying. stays to Wire fencesor stringers which shall be an improvement over Patent No. 568,660, granted to me on September 29, 1896.

To this end t-he invention consists, essentially, in the use of a spacer which is rotatory in such manner as to disengage its slotted studs from the oblique parts of the stay and in a carrier for said stay-wire; and it consists, specifically, in certain details for carrying out the general idea and foi-'effecting improvements on the patent aforesaid, all as hereinafter described and claimed and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure l is an elevation of a section of fencing, showing the fence-machine as applied thereto in the act of interlocking the stays. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the saine. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail of the carrier for the staywire, showing in dotted lines how its tongue can be, disengaged from the last coil thereof. Fig. 4 is an obverse view of, the same. Fig.` 5 is a section through the drum, the shank, the handle, and the tongue and pivot. Fig. 6 is a perspective detail showing the spacer in section and means for locking the stringerwire thereto.

Referring to the said drawings,.the letters A O designate fence-posts connected by Stringer-wires B, which are in turn temporarilysupported by ystaples until removed for machine to pass, when staples are replaced.

D designates a spacer which is an upright bar,`as of wood or the like, and which has a crank E journaled therethrough at a proper point to frictionally engage the upper stringer-wire. Y 1 i" F designates a series of studs attached to the spacer and having at opposite edges of Serial No. 713,987. (No model.)

the latter oblique slotted heads f and eyes f on their bodies, and through said eyes is adapted to be passed a vertical locking-pin O'to stand outside the Stringer-wires and hold the same within said eyes.

K is the Weaver-tool, which is of substanend next the shank. U is an eye at one end d of the shank, and V is a tongue pivoted at W to the shank near its other end, so that one extremity ofthe tongue engages the last coil of the stay-wire around said drum, while the other extremity of said tongue stands in a notch -X within the handle. By this means it will be clear that a stay-wire in coiled condition can be passed onto the drum and one end led through the eye U. Then the tongue V can be turned on its pivot so that one extremity touches the drum and holds the last coil of said stay-wire nextv its iiange P', and the other end of the tongue at that time falls into the notch X. Vhen desired, the outer end of this tongue V can be raised out of the notch X and the whole turned upon the pivot W, so as toV disengage its inner end from the stay-wire and to permit the application of a new stay-wire in coil form to the drum.

All parts are of the desired sizes, shapes, n

proportions, and materials, and thestuds F are located upon the spacer-body in any manner and distanceapart that is preferred.

In the use of this machine the'string'er-wires are attached to the posts and supported at vproper intervals by the intermediate posts, lthe wires being drawn to a proper tension. The spacer is then brought into use, when its eyes f will stand astride the Stringer-wires,

the crank E is turned upward, so as to bind theup'permost Stringer to the stud F, and the pinO is dropped into place at one end of the studs to hold the Stringer-wires therein. A- stay in coil form is then applied to the drum 'P of theAV carrier, one end led through the eye U, and the tongueVturned so that its shorter ICO end shall engage the last coil. The outer end of this stay-Wire is then passed upwardthroughthe slotted head f of the uppermost stud F, and the carrier is deflected to the right and upward until the stay is bent, as shown in Fig. 1. The weaver-tool is then applied'with its end N embracing both the Stringer and stay-wires and its end M passing between these wires, and its body is then rotated several times around the upper Stringer-wire, carrying the carrier and coiled stay with it. The stay is then led obliquely from thevrighthand end of this cable-twist down to and through the slotted head fof the stud F next below, and the operation of twisting the staywire is repeated, and so on until the entire stay-wire has been unreeled from the drum P and applied to the Various Stringer-wires. A second stay-wire in coiled form is then applied to the carrier, the crank E loosened, the spacer moved about eighteen inches from the position at first occupied, and the operation is repeated, the staples in the intermediate posts C being removed as necessary.

One advantage of the present construction consists in the fact that the handle L is journaled at Ithrou gh the spacer-body, and when it is desired to move the latter along the stringers and the crank E is opened for this purpose it is only necessary to turn the handle L upward to the position shown in dotted lines, then press it to the rear, thereby turning the entire spacer axially on the point between its eyes f where the Stringer-Wires are engaged and so as to disengage the slotted headsf from the oblique portions of the staywire last applied thereto, (which was not possiblev in my former patent,) and then move the entire spacer one space to the left and swing it back into position for a new operation. This I consider an essential point of novelty, inasmuch as it facilitates the rapid workingof the entire machine. Another feature of advantageherein is that the free end of the stay-wire, which is being interlocked with each' Stringer and which formerly whipped about to the annoyance of the operator, is now conveniently coiled upon the drum P of the carrier, and yet the last-mentioned tool is so constructed that the coiled stay thereon unwinds only as it is drawn therefrom and one convolution at a time.

I do not confine myself to the use of the specific form of weaver-tool herein described and shown, as it is obvious that other devices may be used in substitution thereof.

l. In the machine herein described, an upright spacer, a series of studs attached thereto, means for pivotally connecting `one end of these studs with the Stringer-wires, heads at the other ends of thesestuds having slots open at their front, and means for detachablypreventing the turning of said spacer 011 its pivot, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In the machine herein described, an upright spacer, aseries of studs attached thereto and having alined eyes at one edge of the spacer and slotted heads at the other, a looking-pin removably passing through said eyes for pivotally supporting, the spacer on the Stringer-wires at one end of said studs, and a crank in the spacer adapted to engage one Stringer-wire upon and near the opposite end of one of said studs, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In the machine herein described, an upright spacer, aseries of studs attached there'- to and having alined eyes at one edge of the spacer and slotted heads at the other, a locking-pin removably passing through saideyes for pivotally supporting the spacer on the Stringer-wires, andmeans for turning the spacer on said pivot, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In the machine herein described,an upright spacer, a series of studs attachedtheie to, means for pivotally connecting one end of these studs with the Stringer-wires, heads at the other end of these studs having slots open at their front,.and a handle pivoted to the back of thespacer and adapted to be turned out at right angles thereto, as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In the machine herein described, a staycarrier comprising a drum, a shank with an eye at one end and a handle at the other, and a pin or bolt on the shank passing through the drum and forming a pivottheret'or at such point as to permit the eyeto stand beyond the drum, as and for the purpose set forth.

6. The hereindescribed carrierfor a coiled stay, the same comprising a drum having a flange at one end, a handle having a shank secured to said flange, said handlebeing provided with a notch in its body, and a tongue pivoted to the handle with one end Yadapted to engage the convolution of the coil next said flange while the other end rests detachably in the notch, as and for the purpose set forth.

7. The herein-described carrier for a coiled stay, the same comprising a drum, a handle having a pivotal point for said drum and projecting beyond it where it carries an eye, said handle beingprovided `with a notch in its body, and a tongue pivoted to the handle with one end adapted to engage the convolution of the coil next said flange while the other end rests detachably in the notch, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my signature this the 11th day of April, A. D. 1899.

CORNELIUS A. BURN HAM.

Witnesses:

EDGAR S. WHEELER, FRANK J. PEDDIE.

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